Quinta Do Noval Port

Douro, Portugal- "Powerful and rich, with deep flavors of crushed red plum, dark cherry and dried raspberry, featuring a shading of graphite and smoke. Presents luscious spicy details on the finish.

Douro, Portugal - "Tasted with some other 2019s, this certainly stood out for both concentration and power. It touches all the bases in terms of expressive fruit and structure, finishing dry and seriously. It also increasingly showed gorgeous eucalyptus-laced aromatics..."

Portugal - Douro - "A solid, dense and even slightly chunky Port, with baker's chocolate, black currant and plum reduction and licorice root notes mixed together and then backed by a Black Forest cake accent through the grippy finish. There is a lot going on here..."

Douro, Portugal - "Shows a grippy profile, with dark ganache, loam and sauvage notes lurking. Lots of tobacco, chestnut, bitter plum and fig paste flavors form the core, with everything rumbling through the finish, leaving echoes of mint and sage behind."

Portugal - Douro - "This is well-packed, offering the vivid plum, boysenberry, cassis and acai berry fruit profile of the vintage, along with a dark edge of tar, baker's chocolate and salted licorice that courses underneath. The long finish lets the fruit play..."

Portugal - Douro - "This is distinctive from the start, with a youthfully rambunctious display of dark currant, fig and blackberry fruit paste flavors liberally spiked with bramble, Turkish coffee and ganache notes. As the fruit pumps through the finish, a tarry..."

Portugal - "This beautifully perfumed wine has all the tannins that will allow it to age over many decades. It also offers the rich blackberry, dark plum and great structure that will support that aging. As so often, Noval has released a vintage when other major producers held back."

Portugal - Douro - "This solidly built version displays a graphite edge running from start to finish, giving a structured feel as notes of dark plum, blackberry and black currant reduction move through slowly, building tension and power along the way. Baker's..."

Portugal - Douro - "Juicy and muscular, with a ball of plum paste, warmed fig compote and black currant reduction flavors that need time to unwind. Ample graphite- and bramble-accented grip underscores the fruit on the finish, while a ganache note finds room to..."

Portugal - "This is polished in feel, with a long, caressing, fine-grained structure that allows plum eau-de-vie, boysenberry puree and blackberry cobbler notes to play out at their leisure. Light anise and ganache hints accent the finish while the fruit blazes through."

Douro,Portugal- "The dark, almost black color and the wonderful violet aromas set the scene for this complex, dense and textured wine. It has a touch of spice, along with the rich plum and dark berry fruits. While it is rich, it is also a dry style of Vintage, bringing out structure..."

Portugal - A rich, exotic tawny, radiating warmth through toffee, hazelnut, vanilla, cinnamon, and walnut husk. Hints of halva, pistachio oil, and dried fig add depth. The lush, lingering finish weaves a harmonious symphony of flavors crowned by a walnut touch.